6.20.2011

A Steampunk Mini Assemblage and a Fun Announcement!

Did you see this??? Yup! I am officially on the Retro Cafe Art Design Team!!! I am SO excited to be working with Kristin! I absolutely love her stuff and have so much fun creating with it!

Here is a piece I created over the weekend with some super fun Retro Cafe Art products! You MUST check out the current contest! If you use the cutouts in a project you could win a $50 Gift Certificate!!!

I used several cutouts for this fun little assemblage piece! The background is created with the Chipboard Gear cutouts painted with a metallic red paint pen. I layered a couple of Tim Holtz spinners over the gears along with a big of glass glitter. The doll is one of Tim Holtz' Fractured Dolls. I love real Frozen Charlottes, but I do love the freedom that using these reproductions offers. I am less concerned about 'wasting' one on a project that may or may not turn out well because they aren't so rare and they cost less, too!

I finished it off with a couple of the newest cutouts available at Retro Cafe Art - the monocle and the mustache! LOVE THEM!!!

Looking at this piece now...I may just HAVE to add a top hat. I thought about it before and decided not to do it at the time, but I think a hat may be needed. What do you think? Hmmm....decisions, decisions.

Oh...and I did something rather drastic and perhaps a tad impulsive over the weekend...I cut all my hair off again. It looks a lot like it does in my profile pic again, actually...only with a bit of blue mixed in. Still considering what I want to do as far as color goes...possibly going to bleach it to a very white tone or maybe go all blue...not sure. We shall see. We shall see. Just say'n.

YAY!!!! And a HUGE congratulations to you! What a great addition you'll be to the Retro Cafe team! About your marvelous & quirky/fun steampunk piece - YES! A top hat would look super! Just the right finishing touch, methinks! LOL! As for your hair, I actually love it SHORT! It suits you! And I can't wait to see the color you decide to dye it! I am getting MY hair cut tomorrow for the first time since the chemo. I DOOOOO think there will be some spikes involved. You inspire me to try different art techniques & to go ahead and be adventurous with my crazy hair. I just love you!

Congrats on the DT! This turned out cool! Sitting the fence on the top hat thing! ...it may end up looking like Mr Peanut! Have fun with the hair color decision. You will need to post the final result!

Love this piece and I think Charlotte wouldn't mind a hat, either. Congrats on your new DT position... I linked on over and Retro Cafe is a brand new site to me, so thanks for posting and I look forward to seeing what you do with all those amazing cut-outs.

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